The effect of combined vertical and horizontal heterogeneity on the onset of convection in a bidisperse porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 3329-3339

  Nield, D A ^a   Kuznetsov, A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidisperse porous media; Heterogeneity; Horton Rogers Lapwood problem; Instability; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; HYDRODYNAMICS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

BIDISPERSE POROUS MEDIA; HETEROGENEITY; HORTON-ROGERS-LAPWOOD PROBLEM; THERMAL HETEROGENEITY;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; HYDRODYNAMICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

EID: 34247539044     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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